The 1000 metres is an uncommon
middle-distance running
Middle-distance running events are Track and field#Running, track races longer than Sprint (running), sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be clas ...
event in
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
competitions.
The 1000 yards, an
imperial
Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism.
Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
Places
United States
* Imperial, California
* Imperial, Missouri
* Imperial, Nebraska
* Imperial, Pennsylvania
* Imperial, Texa ...
alternative, was sometimes also contested.
All-time top 25
*h = hand timed
*i = indoor performance
*A = affected by altitude
Men
*Correct as of August 2022.
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:14.51:
*
Noah Ngeny also ran 2:12.66 (1999).
*
Sebastian Coe
Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including 1500 metres gold medal ...
also ran 2:13.40 (1980).
*
Abubaker Kaki Khamis
Abubaker Kaki Khamis (; born 21 June 1989) is a Sudanese runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He is a two-time World Indoor Champion over the distance and also won gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He represented Sudan at the 2008 and 2012 ...
also ran 2:13.93 (2008).
*
Ayanleh Souleiman
Ayanleh Souleiman (born 3 December 1992), also known as ''Hassan Ayanleh'' ( so, Xasan Ayaanle Saleebaan) is a Djiboutian middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. He is the Djiboutian record holder for the distance, with his be ...
also ran 2:14.20 (2016).
*
Abdi Bile
Abdi Bile ( so, Cabdi Bile Cabdi, ar, عبد بلي عبد ; born 28 December 1962) is a former middle distance runner. He holds the highest number of national records in athletics in Somalia across various disciplines. He is currently Somalia' ...
also ran 2:14.51 (1989).
Women
*Correct as of September 2021.
Notes
Below is a list of other times equal or superior to 2:31.93:
*
Maria Mutola
Maria de Lurdes Mutola ( ; born 27 October 1972) is a retired female track and field athlete from Mozambique who specialised in the 800 metres running event. She is only the fourth female track and field athlete to compete at six Olympic Games. ...
also ran 2:29.66 (1996), 2:30.12 (2002), 2:30.72 (1995), 2:30.94 (1999), and 2:31.55 (1998).
*
Faith Kipyegon
Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (born 10 January 1994) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner specializing in the 1500 metres. A 2016 Rio Olympic and 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion with the Games record at the latter, she is the second woman in history t ...
also ran 2:29.92 (2020).
*
Caster Semenya
Mokgadi Caster Semenya OIB (born 7 January 1991) is a South African middle-distance runner and winner of two Olympic gold medals and three World Championships in the women's 800 metres. She first won gold at the World Championships in 2009 ...
also ran 2:31.01 (2018).
*
Svetlana Masterkova
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Masterkova (russian: Светлана Александровна Мастеркова; born 17 January 1968) is a Russian former middle-distance runner and former women's world record holder for the mile and the current 1 ...
also ran 2:31.18 (1999).
*
Olga Dvirna also ran 2:31.8h (1979).
*
Laura Muir also ran 2:31.93i (2017).
See also
1000 metres world record progression
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
References
{{Athletics events
Events in track and field
Middle-distance running